Well, it's a lifelink sliver! One more keyword to add to your army.
Goatllama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Before people start complaining, Black has been siphoning life from opponents and creatures for years.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Pretty beast!
majinara
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Worse version of Essence Sliver. The reason is that the Essence Sliver is beefier (and you don't need lifegain that early), and mostly because the Essence Slivers ability stacks. Play three of them, and gain three times as much life. Doesn't work with this guy.
Lifegain can be ok in multiplayer, but else doesn't fit that well to slivers. Unless you run a lot of slivers that have abilities that cost life. So... this guy is average. Dunno why they made him rare.
SAUS3
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Where are my indestructible, persist, undying, and infect slivers? Also, I want affinity for slivers sliver.
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Alright, I'm joking. Although, it is quite funny to imagine all of the most powerful keywords on slivers lol.
Ryjhan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
where's my exalted sliver?!
Edward_Mass
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This needed to happen since Essence is a bit too high to be playable in the formats where Slivers shine. He'll only be a 1-of in most cases, but you'll almost never be unhappy to see him. I do wish he was a 3/3, since his ability and rarity can support those stats better, but we can't have everything. 4 outta 5.
Tiggurix
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
@SAUS3: You forgot the two most powerful keywords of them all: Annihilator and Cascade.
JRE47
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Okay, other keywords aside....
Not sure it's worth reaching for black just to snag this. If you're running dedicated Slivers (and thus pure aggro) and need the life from this, things have already gone drastically wrong.
Sure, while we still have Cavern of Souls in Standard, it doesn't hurt to toss one or two of these into the mix. After that, though? It's a stretch.
I'll give it a 3 for current Standard, and probably a 2.5 after Cavern rotates. Just don't think Manaweft Sliver is enough to chase this, and I don't think it's worth mixing black into the mana base unless you're running only one (MAYBE two) other colors in Slivers.
Cygore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strange, I thought I'd see lifelink in white, and deathtouch in black... but I think with all the first and double strike that slivers have, deathtouch would be too good.
Tamerlein
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Being able to give all your Slivers lifelink will make racing the Sliver deck even more impossible.
4/5
tcollins
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(7 votes)
That's not a sliver.
DeXtrovert
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I really like the new art direction on Slivers
Except this dude. He looks more like a Zombie then anything else. Still, LIFELINK!
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Lifegain can be ok in multiplayer, but else doesn't fit that well to slivers. Unless you run a lot of slivers that have abilities that cost life. So... this guy is average. Dunno why they made him rare.
...
Alright, I'm joking. Although, it is quite funny to imagine all of the most powerful keywords on slivers lol.
Not sure it's worth reaching for black just to snag this. If you're running dedicated Slivers (and thus pure aggro) and need the life from this, things have already gone drastically wrong.
Sure, while we still have Cavern of Souls in Standard, it doesn't hurt to toss one or two of these into the mix. After that, though? It's a stretch.
I'll give it a 3 for current Standard, and probably a 2.5 after Cavern rotates. Just don't think Manaweft Sliver is enough to chase this, and I don't think it's worth mixing black into the mana base unless you're running only one (MAYBE two) other colors in Slivers.
4/5
Except this dude. He looks more like a Zombie then anything else. Still, LIFELINK!